Rock It: A bold booking for Elliott Hall

11:28 PM,
Mar. 21, 2012

Written by

TIM BROUK
tbrouk@jconline.com

The Purdue University Student Concert Committee announced an interesting show on Sunday: Swedish DJ Avicii will spin at 7:30 p.m. April 25 at Elliott Hall of Music.

And this booking is interesting with a capital I. First, the Avicii announcement comes on the heels of John Mayer's cancellation due to throat problems. The superstar musician nearly sold out the 6,000-seat Elliott Hall in less than a week.

While Mayer gave a weak, noodling performance in 2004, the current crop of the Purdue student body would have been treated to one of the biggest names to play Purdue since Lady Gaga's 2010 ...